northern flicker

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northern flicker (plural northern flickers)

  2. Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.
    Synonyms: yellowhammer, clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket, heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, gawker bird
    Hypernyms: flicker (often elliptically synonymous) < woodpecker < bird < animal < creature
    Hyponyms: red-shafted flicker, yellow-shafted flicker

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